In Coal Scam Case, CBI To File Status Report In Supreme Court Soon

The CBI will file its status report in the coal scam probe in the Supreme Court soon, officials said on Saturday.
“We will be informing the Supreme Court soon about all the progress in the cases and without its permission no details can be shared,” agency spokesperson Abhishek Dayal told PTI when asked to comment about reports that the decision of then CBI chief Alok Verma on clearing prosecution of a senior PMO official in one of the cases related to the scam.

“The news item published in a national daily…is factually not correct and is denied. It is stated that the orders issued by the agency are only with respect to the transfers of officers alone, and nothing else,” he said in a statement during the day.

The report had alleged the prosecution clearance given about the officer by Mr Verma was one of the decisions revoked by Interim CBI Director M Nageshwar Rao on Friday after taking over. Read more